Andy Roddick
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So I won.
I want that.
Really?
What are the emotions that follow it?
There's obviously probably relief.
I felt a lot more relief towards the end of my career when I won matches.
I was so dumb.
I was like, oh, I'm going to be like the guy.
Then this fucking guy Federer comes in.
I used to get bribed with US Open from my mom for a good report card.
Wow.
I went when I was nine, and she would just weirdly let me walk around all day by myself.
I would sneak into the players' lounges, bored to tears, but I saw Jimmy Connors make a run when he was 40 to the semis, and he had the crowd in his hand.
It was like a live rock show.
He would go like this, and everyone would get up.
I'm going, tennis can do this.
Stand-up.
Crazy.
Yeah.
I was like, he's controlling the mood of grown people.